Sally Clark is the third veteran Seattle City Council member to announce she will not seek reelection.

Clark and her City Council colleague Tom Rasmussen, who is also stepping down, were the openly LGBT members of the Council, and their retirement leaves a void in city government that may be hard to fill. <more --------------------------------------------------

Seattle City Council member and District 3 candidate Kshama Sawant has announced an upcoming forum on LGBTQ-related hate crime on Capitol Hill, March 3 at 7 p.m. in Broadway's All Pilgrims Church (500 Broadway E at E. Republican St.

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'I excel at not giving a shit!' This is one of my favorite quotes (from the pilot of the series, 'Dead Like Me'). It reminds me that, by changing our perspective, we can change the effects that judgments have on us.

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Pride At Work, an LGBT labor organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO, has issued a challenge for the new U.S. Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons: take Malaysia and Brunei out of the trade treaty the U.S. is negotiating with Pacific Rim countries.

The last time (in 2005) we wrote about the topic, television by or about Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals and Trans* people was dominated by LOGO, a basic cable network, and here!, a pay-per-view service. Ten years later, LOGO is a shadow of its former self, with one sure hit ('RuPaumore --------------------------------------------------

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